Stainless Steel U Bolts, Eye Strap, Louvered Vents. A Little Bit of Everything
Today, we will talk about some stainless steel marine hardware typically used on all boats. But which ones can be used in other fields? Eye straps and pad eyes: what are they used for? Eye straps and pad eyes (also known as stainless steel eye bolts) are used mainly to fasten hoist, pulley and ropes. […]
Stainless Steel AISI 316 Chain Accessories – What Are These?
After talking about stainless steel chains in the previous post, we cannot but make ones for the chain accessories. Also, the latter are in stainless steel AISI 316. Chain Accessories: chain emergency – link The most common chain accessories are chain emergency – link. Clearly, in stainless steel AISI 316. These are used both to […]
What Types of Stainless Steel AISI 304 and AISI 316 Chains Are There?
Stainless steel AISI 304 and AISI 316 chains are a traction gear of various tipologies. The most common is formed by a sequence of mechanical rings bound to each other, allowing for maximum flexibility. How are they made? AISI 304 and AISI 316 chains may be all of the same size or different measures. They […]
What Are Stainless Steel Cleats and Fairleads for?
Cleats are paired vertical wooden or iron posts mounted either aboard a ship or on a wharf, pier or quay. Stainless steel cleats: what are them and what are they for? The posts are used to secure mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables. Cleats are carefully manufactured and maintained to avoid any sharp edges which […]
Sailboats – Circuit for Operating the Sails
Sailboats (or sailing boat) is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails smaller than a sailing ship. In fact, the motor provides support action specifically during ports maneuvers. Indeed, the sailboats have a particular type of equipment on board. The boom: what is this? In sailing, a boom (see fig.1) is a spar (pole), […]
A4 Stainless Steel Flush Lift Rings: What Are They Used for?
The locker is a pit space with a walkable hatch opening from the upper side of the compartment. Usually, it is hermetically sealed. This locker is located on the boat’s upper deck and it is primarily used for the stowage of small materials, which are often useful for navigation, during the riggings or in case […]
Stainless Steel Fasteners With More Than 13.000 Online Items.
Stainless steel fasteners means: screws, bolts, washers and nuts. So all those key components for theassembly. These items differ in their type, size, forms but also for their quality standards. These components must be made on national and EU laws and directives that certifying their quality and security conformity.
Stainless Steel Seeger Ring for the Inside or Outside of Pipes
The Seeger ring is named after the Seeger-Orbis, a German company producing mechanical components. This company was founded in October 1917 by Will Seeger. At the beginning the company was selling locomotives cylinders but, in 1927, ten years later, Hugo Heiermann patented the retaining “Seeger Ring”. The “Seeger” is an elastic stainless steel retaining ring […]
Stainless Steel Marine Hinges. When to Drill?
The centre-to-centre distance and the holes dimension: all the problems you have. You just blew a hole in the boat before receiving the batch of stainless steel hinges. Is it possible that the centre-to-centre distance and hole dimensions are different from those that appear on the catalogue? For some marine hardware the answer you can give […]